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Fiscal sustainability and the cyclically adjusted balance policy: methodology and analysis for Chile
- Author(s):
- Villena, Mauricio G. |
- Gamboni, Cristóbal |
- Tomaselli, Andrés
- Serie:
- No.
- 124
- Date Issued
- 2018-04
- Physical Description
- p. 203-232; grafs., tabls.
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This paper sets forth a framework for analysing fiscal sustainability in the Chilean economy. It starts by making an ex post calculation of indicators of vulnerability and fiscal sustainability, based on the estimation of a sustainable debt level, with public finances considered in stationary state...
Gender equity in the Argentine tax system: an estimation of tax burdens by household type
- Author(s):
- Rossignolo, Darío
- Serie:
- No.
- 124
- Date Issued
- 2018-04
- Physical Description
- p. 177-202; grafs., tabls
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The purpose of this paper is to introduce the gender dimension into the analysis of tax incidence in Argentina. To that end, the impact of direct and indirect taxes on income and distribution by gender is calculated to establish the progressivity of taxes and the effects on gender equity when house...
Trade facilitation and its effects on Chile’s bilateral trade between 2006 and 2014
- Author(s):
- Fuenzalida-O'Shee, Darcy |
- Valenzuela-Klagges, Bárbara |
- Corvalán-Quiroz, Alejandro
- Serie:
- No.
- 124
- Date Issued
- 2018-04
- Physical Description
- p. 159-176; grafs., tabls.
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This study analyses the effects of trade facilitation on Chilean exports in 2006-2014. It reviews evidence and studies on trade facilitation and its effects, mainly in South America; and it analyses Chile’s export basket. An extended gravity model is then estimated for Chile’s bilateral trade flow ...
Business cycles, expectations and inflation in Brazil: a New-Keynesian Phillips curve analysis
- Author(s):
- Arruda, Elano Ferreira |
- Oliveira de Olivindo, Maria Thalita Arruda |
- Castelar, Ivan
- Serie:
- No.
- 124
- Date Issued
- 2018-04
- Physical Description
- p. 143-158; grafs., tabls.
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This article analyses Brazil’s recent inflation dynamic, considering different expectations environments within the New-Keynesian Phillips curve framework, to observe how the potential for discretionary behaviour by the monetary authority can interfere in economic agents’ forward-looking expectatio...
Sectoral and regional determinants of firm dynamics in developing countries: evidence for low-, mediumand high-tech manufacturing in Argentina
- Author(s):
- Calá, Carla Daniela
- Serie:
- No.
- 124
- Date Issued
- 2018-04
- Physical Description
- p. 121-142; tabls.
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This study analyses the determinants of firm dynamics in developing countries, using Argentina as an illustrative case. It explains firm entry and exit at the regional level, distinguishing three groups of manufacturing activities: low-, medium- and high-tech. The study finds that both region- and ...
The wealth gifted to the large-scale copper mining industry in Chile: new estimates, 2005-2014
- Serie:
- No.
- 124
- Date Issued
- 2018-04
- Physical Description
- p. 99-119; grafs., tabls.
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This article estimates the economic rents received by the 10 mines that comprise Chile’s large-scale private-sector copper-mining industry. The methodology used produces a conservative calculation and includes two corrections that have hitherto been ignored in the literature: the reimbursement of e...
Foreign direct investment and growth in developing countries: evidence from the countries of the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States
- Author(s):
- Mamingi, Nlandu |
- Martin, Kareem
- Serie:
- No.
- 124
- Date Issued
- 2018-04
- Physical Description
- p. 79-98; grafs., tabls.
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This paper empirically explores the relationship between foreign direct investment (FDI) and economic growth in the countries of the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS). To reach that goal, the paper utilizes panel data consisting of annual data covering the period 1988-2013 from 34 cou...
The impact of fiscal decentralization on growth, inflation and inequality in the Americas
- Author(s):
- Bojanic, Antonio N.
- Serie:
- No.
- 124
- Date Issued
- 2018-04
- Physical Description
- p. 57-77; tabls.
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This paper analyses the impact of fiscal decentralization on economic growth, inflation and Gini coefficients in 12 countries of the Americas. The findings suggest that the positive impact of this process has been more modest than anticipated, with revenue decentralization having a detrimental effe...
Estimation of factors conditioning the acquisition of academic skills in Latin America in the presence of endogeneity
- Author(s):
- Castro Aristizabal, Geovanny |
- Giménez, Gregorio |
- Pérez Ximénez-de-Embún, Domingo
- Serie:
- No.
- 124
- Date Issued
- 2018-04
- Physical Description
- p. 33-55; grafs., tabls.
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This article identifies the main determinants of skill acquisition in Latin America. Not having repeated a grade, sex, the number of books in the home and the mother’s education are defined as individual and family characteristics. In the case of school characteristics, the results are more heterog...
More unequal or less? A review of global, regional and national income inequality
- Author(s):
- Amarante, Verónica |
- Colacce, Maira
- Serie:
- No.
- 124
- Date Issued
- 2018-04
- Physical Description
- p. 7-32; grafs., tabls.
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This article presents a multi-perspective discussion of trends in income inequality. Recent evidence from many sources shows that global income inequality is high and relatively stable, with the main changes being driven by developments in China and India. In developed countries, the trend has been...